Junior Barnard (born Lester Robert Barnard in Coweta, Oklahoma, December 17, 1920; d. Fresno County, California, April 15, 1951) was a pioneering American electric guitarist. He is best known for his work with Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. He is among the first electric guitarists to create a guitar effect that anticipated the later "fuzz tone (the strength of his picking induced some slight "overdrive" in the low-power amplifiers typical of the times).